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The problem is I can't get Windows XP to boot from Grub (i've tried reinstalling Grub). No matter what options I put under 'title Windows XP', grub will always boot ...
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  1. 07-12-2004 #1
    brentd49
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    Grub problem, possibly related to Patition Table boundary

    The problem is I can't get Windows XP to boot from Grub (i've tried reinstalling Grub). No matter what options I put under 'title Windows XP', grub will always boot windows to a black screen displaying those options then give me a 'boundary' error (then stop). I'm thinking this has something to do with the partition table telling me that their is a cylinder boundary problem.

    fdisk -l
    Code:
    Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 232581 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1           1           0   10  OPUS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3               1      121906    61440561    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda4          121906      232576    55777680    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5          121907      122114      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hda6          122114      203395    40965718+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7          203395      207076     1855476   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda8          207077      232576    12851968+  8e  Linux LVM
    In case your wondering what the current grub 'menu.lst' is:
    Code:
    title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.6-1-686
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.6-1-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.6-1-686
savedefault
boot

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
    I'm using Debian (everything updated), kernel 2.6.6-1, and newest version of Grub. Windows worked fine when I first install Debian (Sarge installer) a few weeks ago, it stopped working either when i got the newer kernel or installed something else (or who knows what).
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  2. 07-13-2004 #2
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    Re: Grub problem, possibly related to Patition Table boundar

    I have quite similar problem. I had Madrake 9.2 and I've switched to Fedore 2 - Lilo -> Grub and now my dualboot is dead! My sugestion (and goin to do this at home tonight is to try bootcfg /rebuild from WinXP install CD and configuring Lilo for Fedora.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brentd49
    The problem is I can't get Windows XP to boot from Grub (i've tried reinstalling Grub). No matter what options I put under 'title Windows XP', grub will always boot windows to a black screen displaying those options then give me a 'boundary' error (then stop). I'm thinking this has something to do with the partition table telling me that their is a cylinder boundary problem.

    fdisk -l
    Code:
    Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 232581 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1           1           0   10  OPUS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3               1      121906    61440561    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda4          121906      232576    55777680    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5          121907      122114      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hda6          122114      203395    40965718+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7          203395      207076     1855476   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda8          207077      232576    12851968+  8e  Linux LVM
    In case your wondering what the current grub 'menu.lst' is:
    Code:
    title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.6-1-686
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.6-1-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.6-1-686
savedefault
boot

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
    I'm using Debian (everything updated), kernel 2.6.6-1, and newest version of Grub. Windows worked fine when I first install Debian (Sarge installer) a few weeks ago, it stopped working either when i got the newer kernel or installed something else (or who knows what).
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